Forbidden (A Paranormal Love Story)

Mikaela Glass had a pretty average life until she started having dreams of angels being banned from heaven. Now, there's a new boy, Damien, in her school who she's attracted to but he tries to avoid her at all costs.

As the days go by, Damien finds himself drawn to Mikaela but he knows he can't do anything about it, because she's an angel and he's a demon. A love that would be forbidden.
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Mikaela stared at the wooden, octagonal shaped clock on the beige
wall of her American History class. She was quietly tapping her
feet as she impatiently waited for the lunch bell to ring. After
last night's dream and what she had pieced together about Damien,
she had to talk to him. Although she saw him in English class
this morning, he wasn't sitting next to her because after the
events of the first day, he opted to switch seats. It stung
Mikaela a little at first but she got over it.

There was only five minutes of class left, but to Mikaela it
seemed like five hundred years. After what seemed like the
longest five minutes of her life, the lunch bell finally sounded
off. Everyone packed up their bags and headed out the door, while
Ms. Armstrong, the American History teacher mentioned something
about a quiz at the end of the week.

Mikaela bobbed and weaved her way through the crowded hallway of
Serenity Falls High, in the distance she saw an individual with
spiked hair with the tips dyed neon green.

"Spikey!" She yelled out. One girl who was close to her, shot
Mikaela a dirty look, Mikaela ignored it. "Spikey!" She yelled
again.

She noticed that Spike paused for a few seconds, possibly cussing
her under his breath, and then turned around.

Mikaela smiled, waved and continued bobbing and weaving her way
through the sea of her schoolmates until she met up with Spike.

"To lunch, my lady?" Spike smiled with his unnaturally green
contacts as he hooked his arms with Mikaela's.

"Yes and no, kind sir." Mikaela led Spike out of the crowded
hallway and they slowly walked down the stairs that led to the
cafeteria.

"Explain..." Spike blinked a few times, his contacts were
bothering him.

"I'll be having lunch" Mikaela began, "Just not with you guys."

"Sitting with that new guy, I see." Spike cooed as he and Mikaela
entered the open doors of the noisy cafeteria which had the scent
different foods all wafting into one entity.

"Shut up!" Mikaela unhooked her arm with Spike's and playfully
punched him on the arm.

They both noticed Erin sitting at their regular table, wearing a
blue and white, long sleeved, horizontal striped shirt and blue
skinny jeans. She was doing what she did best at lunch, counting
calories.

"Tell Erin I said go to hell." Mikaela said to Spike as she
smiled and waved at her best friend.

"Why?"

"Because she's going to say something smart when she notices that
I won't be joining you guys for lunch."

Spike chuckled and headed toward Erin.

Mikaela took a seat on the chair at the empty table, the one she
secretly refers to as "Damien's Table". So far, she had sat
across from him on that very table twice. Each encounter a bit
more interesting than the last.

Mikaela nervously tapped her feet against the cold, hard floor,
debating whether she should wait for Damien or go get something
to eat. She decided that she couldn't eat. There was too much
going on in her mind.

A few students entered the cafeteria but none of them was who she
wanted to see. She was getting nervous. "Where are you, Damien?"
She whispered to herself as she stared at the open doors of the
cafeteria.

Something tiny nipped at her heart as she saw Seth walking in.
Oh great, she thought to herself as she imagined the
million things Seth could possibly say to her when he sees her.

As if on cue, a confused look curtained Seth's handsomely boyish
features and he stalked toward Mikaela, "Hey," his voice filled
with uncertainty as he ran his fingers through this blond hair.
Mikaela watched as Seth's hair perfectly fell into place as if it
was never disturbed. She hated his hair for that because hers was
so easy to get messy. "Did you guys have a fight?" He looked from
Mikaela to Spike and Erin who were sitting at their regular
table.

"No." Mikaela cleared her throat and straightened up in her seat.
"I'm just waiting on Damien." She forced a smile.

A mixture of anger, fear and jealousy coursed through Seth's
entire body at the mention of that name but he tried his best to
mask it. How am I supposed to protect you, if you don't even
know what I'm supposed to be protecting you from? He thought
to himself as he stared at Mikaela's innocent face. "Cool." Seth
tried to appear nonchalant, "Well, um, later then." He smiled at
Mikaela, careful not to start another fight.

"Bye." Mikaela smiled back.

Seth nodded and made his way to Erin and Spike.

Mikaela fiddled with her fingers as she continued waiting for
Damien to show up.

I dont think hes comin. She read Erin's text
which was sent a few minutes ago.

She was in the middle of responding to the text when she felt as
if something or someone was looming over her. She looked up and
smiled as her brown eyes met a pair of familiar green ones.
"Hey." She cleared her throat, trying to hide the blush she felt
spreading through her entire face.

"There are laws against stalking." Damien quipped, his voice was
just above a whisper. Something about the way he sounded made
Mikaela blush even more.

"Get over yourself." Mikaela playfully rolled her eyes as she
straightened the collar of her white t-shirt with the word
"Angel" across the chest, written in a sparkling pink.

Damien chuckled as he read her shirt.

"What?" Mikaela looked at him confused.

"Nothing." He shook his head.

"Ok." Mikaela smiled, she tapped her fingers against the wooden
table top as she played out in her head how she was going to
approach Damien with the million questions she had. "We need to
talk." She blurted.

Damien rested his elbows on the table and placed his chin in his
palm. "Go ahead." He smiled, looking like an innocent child.

"Um." Mikaela thought for a few minutes, she had no idea how to
broach the topic. She thought back to the very first time she
talked to him at lunch - right there at the table they're at now
- she thought about the vision she had when she grabbed his arm.
Without giving it much thought, she reached out and grabbed
Damien's free arm. Nothing happened.

"This would be really weird if you weren't so cute." Damien
smiled down at his hand which was held in a tight grip by
Mikaela's. "You're cutting off my circulation." Damien twitched
his arm and chuckled deeply.

"Sorry." Mikaela quickly let go, feeling embarrassed.

"Mikaela, what's going on?"

"I need to ask you something." That was understatement.

"Yeah...?"

"Ok." Mikaela exhaled deeply. "Um...are you a..." She cut herself
off before she could finish. It sounded stupid in her head and
would probably sound even more idiotic if she allowed her breath
to give birth to that thought.

"A what?" Damien raised his eyebrow with piqued interest.

Mikaela nervously drummed the table with her fingers, "Um...look,
I don't know...are you...I mean, your siblings...everything that
has been happening, I don't know." Mikaela's brain was mush. "Are
you a..."

"Demon?" Damien finished the sentence that Mikaela was struggling
to get out.

Mikaela wordlessly nodded.

"I can't answer that." Damien's voice took on its low tone.

"Why not?" Mikaela sounded as if she was about to cry.

Damien smirked, which made Mikaela want to kill him. "I can't
because lunch is almost over." His smirk widened into a smile,
exposing his perfectly white and straight teeth.

A few seconds later, the bell rung, signaling the end of lunch.

The students who were still hanging out in the cafeteria began
lazily getting up.

"Where?" Mikaela inwardly cringed at how desperate she sounded.
"The parking lot? Gym?"

"No, I can't. I'm not staying 'til the end of school. I have some
family things to take care of." His tone was harsh and a tiny
scowl appeared on his face as he said the word 'family'.

Mikaela noticed but didn't push it. "Ok, where then?"

"Siren's Cove Cafe." He smiled. "You know where that is right?"

Mikaela chuckled, "I should be asking you that. You're new here,
not me."

"Right." He nodded. "Siren's Cove. 4:00ish?"

"Promise you'll give me answers."

"I do. Hope you're ready." And without saying another word,
Damien got up and headed for the exit, leaving Mikaela at the
table alone.

Mikaela watched as Damien walked away, she took in a deep breath
and slowly blew it out. A part of her wanted to know what Damien
was going to tell her, yet another part wished she had just kept
to herself and left all her thoughts buried.